ONLINE DIMEBOX BLASTER - PART 8

 ANOTHER BIG MOJO HIT FROM THE BLASTER POPS UP HERE AND THEN CHAOS REIGNS. HAIL ERIS!

2022 BOWMAN RONALD ACUÑA JR.

CATEGORY - RONALD

IF I SEE A RONALD CARD FOR A BUCK AND I HAVE  BUCK IN MY POCKET, I BUY IT. I MAY NOT BUY ALL THE ACUÑAS BUT I'M COMING HOME WITH ONE OR THREE. A RONALD ACUÑA JR. CARD FOR ESSENTIALLY 15 CENTS? OH HELL YEAH GIMME THAT ALL DAY. HE AIN'T EASY TO SNAG ON THE SITE FOR OBVIOUS REASONS BUT I LUCKED OUT ON THIS ONE. IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET HARDER TO GET HIS CARDS AS HE'S ON PACE TO DO SOMETHING ABSURD LIKE A 40-80 YEAR. I MENTIONED BEFORE I ENDED UP BUYING A FEW CARDS TWICE ACCIDENTALY. THIS IS THE ONLY CARD I BOUGHT TWICE ON PURPOSE

2021 DONRUSS MIKE SOROKA

CATEGORY - BRAVES

MIKE IS STILL TRYING TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE BIGS AFTER HIS ACHILLES INJURY BUT ISN'T QUITE THERE YET, AT LEAST AT THE TIME OF WRITING THIS. WHEN HE WAS HEALTHY HE WAS MURDER ON THE MOUND SO BEING CAUTIOUS WITH HIS RETURN IS PROBABLY FOR THE BEST ESPECIALLY WITH A DOUBLE DIGIT LEAD IN THE EAST. THIS DONRUSS DESIGN SEEMS TO BE RIFFING ON THE 1991 DESIGN. I DIG IT

2022 DIAMOND KINGS SATCHEL PAIGE

CATEGORY - PLAYER COLLECTION, SUPERSTAR

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY SATCHEL PAIGE CARDS I HAVE BUT WHEN I SEE ONE I CAN AFFORD, I LIKE TO PICK THEM UP. HE SEEMS TO BE IN A LOT OF SETS EITHER AS A LEGENDS PLAYER OR INSERTS WHICH PLEASES ME. ACCORDING TO TCDB IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S HAD AT LEAST ONE CARD PER YEAR GOING BACK TO AT LEAST 1998. EXCELLENT

1993 TOPPS GREG MADDUX/ROGER CLEMENS ALL-STARS

CATEGORY - WANTLIST, BRAVES

I HAVE BOUGHT THIS CARD SEVERAL TIMES AND I THINK I MIGHT'VE BOUGHT IT AGAIN ON THIS SITE AT SOME POINT. I KNOW FOR A FACT I TRIED TO BUY IT A THIRD TIME BEFOE I CAUGHT MYSELF. I ALSO HAVE ONE IN DOGSHIT CONDITION I PICKED UP FROM THE FLEA MARKET. WHY SO MANY? WELL, BEST PITCHERS EVER FOR ONE THING, BUT ALSO THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST CARDS I NEED TO COMPLETE MY 1993 TOPPS SET. OR AT THE VERY LEAST IT'S ONE OF THE LAST CARDS ON MY WANTLIST. I REALLY REALLY NEED TO PUT THIS CARD WITH THE SET AND TAKE IT OFF THE LIST RIGHT NOW BUT I WON'T SO MAYBE EXPECT TO SEE THIS CARD AGAIN A FEW MONTHS FROM NOW 

1991 FLEER ULTRA BRUCE SMITH ALL-STARS

CATEGORY - INSERT

I LOVE GOOD LOOKING INSERT CARDS AND THIS FITS THE BILL. I WILL NEVER COLLECT THE 91 ULTRA FOOTBALL SET EVEN THOUGH IT'S PROBABLY MUCH CHEAPER NOW THAT FAVRE'S ROOKIE HAS LOST ITS SHINE A BIT. THE ALL-STAR INSERTS, I MIGHT THINK ABOUT. BRUCE SMITH IS A HELL OF A PLAYER TOO, HE OWNED IN TECMO BOWL

WAIT... I HAVE FAVRE'S ULTRA ROOKIE CARD. STILL DON'T WANNA BUILD THE SET

1987 FLEER STICKERS ASTROS AND MARINERS

CATEGORY - WANTLIST

I'M FOR REALS SERIOUS ABOUT COMPLETING ALL THESE FLEER STICKER SETS. IT AIN'T GONNA BE EASY AS THESE CARDS ARE USUALLY CONSIDERED TRASH AT MOST CARD SHOPS NOWADAYS BUT THERE'S ENOUGH OUT THERE THAT YOU CAN FIND THEM OCCASIONALLY. THE BIG PROBLEM IS KEEPING ALL THE SETS STRAIGHT IN YOUR HEAD. I GET 1987 AND 1988 CONFUSED ALL THE TIME. IT'S ALSO HARD TO REMEMBER WHICH CARDS YOU NEED OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. MADDUX/CLEMENS? EASY. ASTROS/MARINERS? HARD. THIS IS THE THIRD CARD OF THE BATCH I ENDED UP BUYING TWICE. I HAVE SINCE STARTED TRACKING MY PURCHASES BETTER. BUT Y'ALL KNOW HOW IT IS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING THROUGH DIME BOXES

1994 TOPPS BLACK GOLD CARLOS BAERGA

CATEGORY - INSERT

FOR SOME DAMN REASON I STILL HAVE NOT CATALOGUED ALL MY TOPPS INSERTS* EVEN THOUGH I WANT TO COMPLETE ALL OF THEM EVER. I HAVE A FEW WANTLISTED HERE AND THERE LIKE SOME OF THE VINTAGE ONES AND A FEW OF THE NEWER ONES BUT STUFF LIKE THIS THAT IS COMMON AS DIRT I'VE BEEN TOO LAZY TO PULL A CHECKLIST. AS A RESULT I END UP FINDING A CARD, GOING TO MY INSERT BOX, AND DIGGING AROUND TO SEE IF I HAVE THE CARD. THIS IS A PAIN IN THE JUNK BUT WILL I GET ORGANIZED TO MAKE THINGS EASIER ON MYSELF? NO! IT'S A MIRACLE I'M EVEN WRITING THESE POSTS INSTEAD OF GOOFING OFF. IF YOU THINK THAT'S BAD, I CAN'T EVEN FIND MY DONRUSS OR SCORE INSERTS RIGHT NOW**

1976 TOPPS COOKIE ROJAS

CATEGORY - PLAYER COLLECTION, COOKIE

C IS FOR COOKIE! IF YOU ORDER THE SITE CHRONOLOGICALLY, THE OLDEST STUFF ON THERE IS FROM 1982. BUT, IF YOU ARE WILLING TO DIG AROUND OLDER STUFF FROM THE 70S CAN BE FOUND. THERE'S EVEN ONE FROM 1973 TOPPS THAT I WOULD'VE BOUGHT ALREADY IF I DIDN'T ALREADY HAVE IT. THERE'S A BUNCH OF 1976 TOPPS CARDS ON THERE BUT I'M DOWN TO NEEDING ONLY FIVE MORE CARDS FOR THE SET. IF I HAD FOUND A 1976 AARON ON THE FREE CARD SITE YOU WOULD HAVE HEARD ME YELP FROM SEVERAL STATES AWAY. I DON'T LIKE TO BUY VINTAGE STUFF I ALREADY HAVE WHEN THERE'S SHINY NONSENSE LIKE THE REST OF THIS POST TO BUY. COOKIE ROJAS IS AN EXCEPTION. I MEAN, JUST LOOK AT THE BACKGROUND

1989 FLEER JOSE CANSECO ALL-STAR

CATEGORY - INSERT

I THINK I MIGHT NEED THIS ONE? I'M NOT COMPLETELY SURE AS I AM AS SLACK WITH MY FLEER INSERTS*** AS I AM WITH MY TOPPS INSERTS. SEE BRUCE SMITH ABOVE: NICE LOOKING INSERTS GO IN MY CART. TIME TO PULL OUT THE 89 FLEER BINDER AND SEE IF I GOOFED AGAIN

2006-07 IN THE GAME BETWEEN THE PIPES

ED BELFOUR 

CATEGORY - PLAYER COLLECTION

CHRIS CHELIOS IS MY FAVORITE HOCKEY PLAYER, BUT ED BELFOUR IS MY FAVORITE HOCKEY GOALIE. I HAVE A NICE LITTLE PLAYER COLLECTION OF EDDIE AND IT'S GROWING RAPIDLY THANKS TO CANADIAN CARDS. IN THE GAME WAS AN ODDBALL HOCKEY PROSPECT BRAND THAT DID AN ENTIRE SET DEDICATED TO GOALIES. I HAD FALLEN OFF HOCKEY CARDS PRECIPITOUSLY BY 2006 DUE TO THRASHERS DISASTERS AND THE MAIN STORE I FOUND COOL HOCKEY STUFF AT CLOSING DOWN SO I'M HAPPY TO FIND SOME NEAT STUFF I HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE

UP NEXT - MONSTERS, INSERTS AND A STAY AT THE HILTON

* SINCE WRITING THIS I GOT MY ACT TOGETHER AND GOT A LIST TOGETHER OF TOPPS INSERTS THROUGH 2009. I MAY EVANTUALLY GET CAUGHT UP TO THE CURRENT DAY

** I HAVE SINCE FOUND THESE. THEY WERE EXACTLY WHERE I THOUGHT THEY WERE

*** I HAVE FLEER AND FLEER ULTRA INSERTS COMPLETELY WANTLISTED. 1986-2007. SEE? I'M NOT AS INCOMPETENT AS I WRITE I AM